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The Marketplace of IdeasSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:23:17 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3The Chief Rabbinate can keep pretending, we can’thttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-chief-rabbinate-can-keep-pretending-we-cant/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-chief-rabbinate-can-keep-pretending-we-cant/#commentsWed, 28 Jan 2015 08:51:00 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=361268The Chief Rabbinate has all but buried the conversion bill – for the time being. In a statement made last week and reinforced this past Saturday night, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef made clear that under no circumstances will he sign conversion certificates for those who convert with municipal rabbis, even though […]

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http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/am-i-going-to-jail/#commentsMon, 01 Dec 2014 20:52:22 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=347707This past Sunday the Israeli Cabinet rejected a proposed amendment to a law which mandates a two year jail sentence for rabbis performing weddings without the approval of the rabbinate, (and couples who marry in such wedding). Yes. You heard me. At present, I can go to jail for two years if I perform a […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/am-i-going-to-jail/feed/26Those lawless local rabbishttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-for-the-minister-to-take-charge-of-religious-affairs/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-for-the-minister-to-take-charge-of-religious-affairs/#commentsWed, 27 Feb 2013 14:48:53 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=105832In his summary of his achievements as Minister of Religious Services, Shas MK Yaacov Margi pointed an accusing finger at some municipal rabbis saying that they take the law into their own hands. Though Margi didn’t give examples, allow me to, from my experience directing the ITIM hotline. In Hedera, converts from the IDF still […]